fjándi

nafnorð, karlkyn

Merkingar

a, m., mod. fjandi, pl. fjándr, mod. also féndr; dat. fjándum, mod. fjöndum; [Ulf. fiands = ὁ ἐχθός; A. S. feond; Engl. fiend; Germ. feind; Swed. fiende; Dan. fjende; the nd indicates the part.; whereas, Engl. foe seems to be formed from the infin.]:—prop. a hater.

1.
an enemy, Hkv. 2. 30, 35, Rb. 380; freq. in old poetry, vide Lex. Poët.: in the allit. phrase, sem frændr, en eigi fjándr, as friends, not foes, Ísl. ii. 380: the heathen maxim, gefat þínum fjándum frið, give no truce to thy foes, Hm. 128.
2.
[Dan. fanden; Swed. fan], after the introduction of Christianity fjándi came to mean a fiend, the fiend, Bs. i. 452, Niðrst. 4; fjándr en eigi menn, fiends and no men, Fas. ii. 535: Satan, K. Á. 74, Fms. i. 202, Stj. 40; ber þú sjálfr fjánda þinn, carry thy fiend thyself (of a bewitched banner), Nj. 274; fjánda-kraptr, fiendish power, Fms. vii. 295; fjánda-limr, a devil’s limb, viii. 221; fjánda-sonr, a fiend’s son, 656 C. 14; fjánda-villa, a fiendish heresy, Post. 645. 99: in mod. usage fjándi means a fiend. fjánda-fæla, u, f., botan. fuga daemonum, angelica, Germ. engel-kraut.

Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir

Skammstafanir

m.: karlkyn (e. masculine)
mod.: modern.
pl.: fleirtala (e. plural)
dat.: þágufall (e. dative)
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.: English.
Germ.: German.
Swed.: Swedish.
Dan.: Danish.
part.: lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
infin.: nafnháttur (e. infinitive)
prop.: proper, properly.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
allit.: alliteration, alliterative.
f.: kvenkyn (e. feminine)
botan.: botanically.

Tilvitnuð rit

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Bs.: Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
Niðrst.: Niðrstigningar saga. (F. III.)
Fas.: Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Fms.: Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Post.: Postula sögur. (F. III.)